The Zincs - Moth and Marriage
Release Date.: 02-02-2007
Street Date..: 00-00-0000
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Alternative
Playtime.....: 40:52 min
Grabber......: Audiograbber
Encoder......: Lame 3.97
Quality......: V2 --vbr-new
Rippers Notes:
The Zincs were set up by English singer/songwriter
James Elkington in 2000 to play the songs that had
been cramping up his 4-track since his move to
Chicago the year before. His first album, Moth and
Marriage, was released by the Ohio Gold label in 2001
and was performed by Elkington alone, but a band was
formed to play the subsequent shows and the Zincs
proper was born.
The current line-up features Elkington's voice and
guitar, Nathaniel Braddock on guitar (Ancient Greeks,
Edith Frost and, of course, the OBDBI), Nick Macri on
bass (Bobby Conn, Euphone, Mark Eitzel and co-runs
the Ohio Gold label) and Jason Toth (Edith Frost,
Manishevitz and just about whatever's going).
2002 saw the release of an EP, 40 Winks With The
Zincs, but the full band did not record together
until the album Dimmer, which was released by
Chicago's own Thrill Jockey in 2005. As well as the
regular group, the singing was sweetened by Janet
Bean from Freakwater, the strings bowed by Fred
Lonberg-Holm and Susan Voelz, and the recording
handled by Mark Greenberg and Barry Phipps between
their respective studios.
After spending most of 2006 touring the U.S.A. and
Europe, The Zincs convened to record their third
album, Black Pompadour, with John McEntire (Tortoise
and lots of things) at Soma EMS. Featuring some very
nice singing from Edith Frost, Thrill Jockey will be
unleashing this on an unsuspecting public on March
20th 2007 with touring to follow. So now you know.
Tracklist:
01 - I Remember [02:29]
02 - Two Patients [04:10]
03 - Never Endeavour [03:03]
04 - Opening Time [03:20]
05 - Road Aware [03:42]
06 - Bluestones [04:11]
07 - X in Executor [03:32]
08 - Whisper in the Well [04:23]
09 - The Elemental [03:28]
10 - Your Tomorrows [04:28]
11 - In the Hallway [04:06]
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